How old did the oldest person in the world live?

NEW DELHI, July 31, 2007 (Xinhua) -- Davette Devy, an elderly lady living in the village of Brown in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, is at least 130 years old, according to local reports. If her age could be confirmed, she would be the longest-lived person in the world, 14 years older than the longest-lived Chinese woman known to have in the world.

Chandigarh City lawyer Dineshi Kumar said a few days ago that although Devi does not have a birth certificate, her family history suggests that she is at least 130 years old. He said Devi gave birth to his eldest daughter when he was 25 years old. The eldest daughter got married at the age of 20 and gave birth to a son Keshav at the age of 28

Ram, and now Ram is 80 years old.

Kumar said he began investigating Devi's family history three months ago and found two important pieces of evidence of her age. First of all, one of her grandchildren is 80 years old. Secondly, one of her surviving sons is 102 years old.

Devi is still sturdy, and she can still go up the hill to collect firewood on her own. She said that she drank two glasses of milk a day, ate a millet loaf, and only went to the hospital twice in her life.

The village of Brown is located in the valley of Gulu. There are 20 residents over the age of 80 living here. In addition to Devi, there are two elderly people who are as old as 107 and 102 years old respectively.

On December 9, at her home in the port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, 116-year-old María Esther Heredia Capovilla showed her the certificate of the oldest person in the world issued by the Guinness Book of World Records. 130-year-old India found the world's longest-lived man.

On January 16, Salhat Rashidova, the world's longest-lived person, died at the age of 132 in the town of Derbent, Republic of Dagestan, Russian Federation, according to Russia**.

Rashidova, who is registered in the Russian Federation, is 132 years old, 17 years older than Del Toro, a Puerto Rican who is officially recognized as the world's birthday star. In December last year, the officially recognized world's No. 1 birthday star, American Bolden, died at the age of 116.

In the last days of her life, Rashidova, like the rest of the village, worked in primitive farming, raised livestock and fed four cows. Rashidova almost never fell ill throughout her life, and her food came from her vegetable garden and livestock stalls.

Relatives say that Rashidova is always cheerful and optimistic, and never complains about the hardships and loneliness of life. She has a total of 62 children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, who have long since left their hometown to live in the town, and she is the only one who insists on living in her hometown village.

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